# The Vietnam War: An Intimate History - Hardcover

by **Geoffrey C. Ward** (Author), **Kenneth Burns** (Author)

**From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of _The Civil War, Baseball, The War, The Roosevelts,_ and others: a vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart--the companion volume to the major, multipart PBS film to be aired in September 2017.**

More than forty years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and wrong in their response to the conflict. When the war divided the country, it created deep political fault lines that continue to divide us today. Now, continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed collaborations, the authors draw on dozens and dozens of interviews in America and Vietnam to give us the perspectives of people involved at all levels of the war: U.S. and Vietnamese soldiers and their families, high-level officials in America and Vietnam, antiwar protestors, POWs, and many more. The book plunges us into the chaos and intensity of combat, even as it explains the rationale that got us into Vietnam and kept us there for so many years. Rather than taking sides, the book seeks to understand why the war happened the way it did, and to clarify its complicated legacy. Beautifully written and richly illustrated, this is a tour de force that is certain to launch a new national conversation.

### Author Biography

**GEOFFREY C. WARD,** historian and screenwriter, is the author of nineteen books, including _A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt_, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Francis Parkman Prize, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He has written or cowritten many documentary films, including _The War, The Civil War, Baseball, The West, Mark Twain, Not for Ourselves Alone,_ and _Jazz._

**KEN BURNS,** the producer and director of numerous film series, including _Vietnam, The Roosevelts,_ and _The War,_ founded his own documentary film company, Florentine Films, in 1976. His landmark film _The Civil War_ was the highest-rated series in the history of American public television, and his work has won numerous prizes, including the Emmy and Peabody Awards, and two Academy Award nominations. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire.  
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LYNN NOVICK's** previous directing credits include _Prohibition,_ a three part series on the rise, rule, and fall of the 18th Amendment; _Frank Lloyd Wright_, a two part biography of the architect; and _The Tenth Inning_, a four hour sequel to Burns's _Baseball,_ which Novick produced. She also produced his 20 hour series, _Jazz_. She has received Peabody and Emmy awards.

**Number of Pages:** 640

**Dimensions:** 1.7 x 11.2 x 9.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** September 05, 2017

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